We are finally out of Michigan. I was beginning to think we were going to have to take family members up on having Turkey Day with them.
Left the nephews place at 9:20 this morning. It was cloudy and a bit misty out but there wasn't anything stopping us. There was some construction but not bad until we got about 20 miles north of and traffic was stop and go. There was a flashing sign saying right hand lane closed ahead and people were actually staying in the left lane even tho you couldn't see any yellow barrels. We went like this for almost five miles (really have to give the IN people credit) with everyone staying in the left lane and finally came up on the barrels. There was one concrete patch and the right lane wasn't even closed off as long as our rig. And of course there wasn't any workers around. What a pain.
Did I ever mention how much I hate going around Indianapolis. A few years ago we started taking the northern route around the city which is much better. It's mostly industrial so you don't have all the malls and business that bring more traffic. Even tho that route is better I still rank that right up there with Dallas and if they ever get the highway construction done it will be great.
Once we got through Indy there wasn't any construction but I70 isn't the greatest. Pretty rough in spots. About that time Larry asked me to get on ESPN website to see about the MSU game. I found the up to date broadcast but have you ever tried reading play by play broadcast when your going down a bumpy highway at 60mph and the website is constantly scrolling all the game results. Talk about eyes spinning and nerve racking. That ain't ever gonna happen again. He can read the results when we park for the night.
We arrived at our favorite Walmart Campground just east of Terre Haute around 3:30pm. It's cloudy here but the temperature is 77 degrees. We went inside as we always do and asked permission to park over night. There is a subway there and since I can never eat on the first day of traveling I was ready for dinner. Than we had to pick a few things up.
There are always posts on some of the RV Websites of people calling others cheap for parking in the Walmart lots instead of going to a local campground. For many of us with rigs like ours it's hard to find a campground with long enough pull thru's and it's a pain to unhook for just over night. But as for calling us cheap I wonder how often someone gets out of Walmart without dropping $30-$50 so in that respect it could be cheaper to go to a campground.
That's it for our first day. Tomorrow we'll head for West Memphis AR. Till than....................
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